Tie holder



Sept -22, 1959 E. J. MARUSKAv v 2,905,329

TIE HOLDER Filed April 10, 1957 m f z'g- 24 United States Patent O TIEHOLDER Edwin J. Maruska, Des Plaines, Ill., assignor of one-half toLouis V. Manfre, Chicago, Ill.

Application April 10, 1957, Serial No. 651,998

6 Claims. (Cl. 211`13) This invention relates generally to a tie holderand more specifically to a holder for a tie having a gripping type ofclip support.

Although the principles of the present invention may be included invarious devices such as display racks, packaging inserts, and otheruses, a particularly useful application is made when the invention isembodied in a tie rack. In any one of the various uses, the inventionmay be suitably elongated to accommodate a plurality of ties.

The present invention contemplates the utilization of a pair of thinspaced supports onto which the gripping portion of the tie may clamp. Aparticularly advantageous embodiment also includes at least one stopcarried on that side of the holder opposite from that which is adjacentto the principal portions of the tie. The stop, in cooperation with theclip of the tie, serves to align or center the tie in a preselectedposition, for example centrally of the holder.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a tieholder for a tie which employs a collar grip as part of the tie.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved tiesupport for a plurality of ties each having a tie-supporting collargrip.

Yet another object of the present invention is the provision of a methodand means for aligning a tie employing a collar grip in a desiredposition relative to a tie support.

Many other advantages, features and additional objects of the presentinvention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon makingreference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheet ofdrawings in which preferred structural embodiments incorporating theprinciples of the present invention are shown by Way of illustrativeexample.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view in reduced scale of a tie rack employing theprinciples of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end view of the structure shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional View taken along line III-III ofFigure l; and

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view, generally similar to Figure 3, of adifferent embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the drawings:

The principles of the present invention are particularly useful whenembodied in a tie rack such as illustrated in Figures l and 2, andgenerally indicated by the numeral 10. The device includes a frame 11 ofgenerally lat material, here illustrated as being plastic. In otherembodiments, it may be more preferable to use metal, cardboard, or thelike. The frame 11 comprises sheet material which has a central opening12 through which is received the fastening portion of a necktie. Theframe 11 includes a pair of supports or supporting rails 13, 14 lyingsubstantially in a common plane, and which supports are Patented Sept.22, 1959 ICC spaced from each other. The opening 12 is at least partlydefined by a pair of opposed inner edges 15, 16 of the supporting rails13, 14 of the frame 11. The portions of the rails 13, 14 immediatelyadjacent the edges 15, 16 thereof comprise portions of the frame which,in being sheet-like material at such portions, are adapted to supportthe tie by being gripped thereby.

A pair of stops 20, 21 are disposed on one side of the frame 11, and maybe integral therewith, as shown. The stop 20 has a surface which is setback, underneath the rail 14, with respect to the edge 16, while therail 13 has the stop 21 set back or recessed from the edge 15. The stops20 and 21 may be extended as at 22 and 23, respectively, to comprisesupporting means for the frame 11. If desired, other supporting meanssuch as beveled flange 24 may be provided around the entire perimeter ofthe frame 11, or for any portion thereof. Apertured bosses 25 may alsobe included, if desired, to form a part of the mounting means for theframe or holder.

A bow tie having a gripping clip is indicated in Figure 1 as beingsupported by the rack. When rails 13 and 14 have a length slightly largethan the width of the tie, the holder will support but one such tie.However, the rails length may be increased as indicated in Figure 1 tosupport a plurality of clip type ties adjacent to one another.

Referring to Figures 1 and 3, a bow tie 30l is shown diagrammatically toinclude a gripping clip 31 which has a pair of opposite ends 32 and 33defined by two pairs of grips or jaws 34-3'7. Figure 3 shows the holder11, supporting the tie 30 with the edge 15 extending between the jaws orgrips 34 and 35 and with the edge 16 extending between the jaws 36 and37. Thus the tie 31B is primarily on one side of the frame 11 while thestops 20 and 2l are on the opposite side of the frame 11.

The distance from'the stop 20 to the edge 15 is slightly greater thanthe distance between the opposite ends 32 and 33 of the clip 31 of thetie 30. The distance between the stop 21 and the edge 16 is slightlyless than the length or end-to-end distance of the clip type grip 31.Thus the opposite ends 32 and 33 of the gripping portion 31 of the tie30 resiliently clamp against the opposite surfaces of the sheet-likemember or frame 11.

To attach the tie 30 to the support or holder 11, the grips or jaws 36and 37 are pressed against the edge 16 so that the rail 14 is forcedbetween the grips 36, 37. The tie is moved transversely with respect toedge 16 until the lower part of end 33 abuts or engages the stop 20.When the frame 11 and the tie 30 are in this relative position, there isa slight gap between the edge 15 and the ends 32. Thereafter the tie ismoved in the 0pposite direction so as to force the edge 15 between theends 32 of the jaws 34 and 35. The tie is then continually moved in thisreverse or opposite direction until the lower part of end 32 abuts thestop 21. The stop 21 is so placed that the tie comes to rest in apre-selected position. Ordinarily, this pre-selected position will becentral with respect to the opening 12. Of course, the stop 21 may belocated in the line of movement to arrest the tie in a position whereverdesired. Thus the primary function of the stop 20 is to limit the entryof the edge 16 between the grips 36 and 37, while the primary functionof the stop 21 is to arrest the movement of the tie in the desiredultimate position. The inclusion of at least one or both stops isconsidered highly advantageous as being a time saver in the rapidmounting of the ties of this type for display.

Referring to Figure 4, a `structure generally similar to that shown inFigure 3 is indicated. In this embodiment, a carton has a lower wall 40and spaced side walls 41 and 42 between which is received a tiesupporting holder generally indicated at 44. The holder 44 includes apair of spaced rails 45 and 46 having inner edges 47 and 48 extendingbetween the grips gf a tie 49. Preferably, the helder also inendee etere5* and .51 which may be integral with ,the rails 4.5 and 46. and whiehmay be joined together by n snprenins bese 52 Whieh rests. @seiner theinner portion ef the bese 4Q et the eenen, .In this, ferm. the varientelemente ehewn eninpn'se Stift peren By the Shewinss, herein, it iS netintended te ,limit the invention to any partienlnr Stfnetnre materiel,,Se lens as it has the properties necessary for providing the suppartingrails It een be Seen thatvarieae forms of ,devises einbeiiyins thePrineiples 0f this invention een be readily. supplied, whieh devices.would advantageously include a recessed Step for the alignment 0f thetie- Althoiigh various minor modifications might be sugnested by thoseversed in the art. it should be. understand that I wish to embody withinthe scope ot the patent warranted hereon all such embodiments asreasonably and properly come within the scope of my contribution to theart.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination with a pair of rigid supports for a tie having arigidY collar grip of a certain length, said supports having spacedconfronting edges closer than said length for entering the gripping endsof. the collar grip of a tie disposed on one side thereof, theimprovement comprising: a pair of rigid stops, one disposed on the otherside of each of said supports and respectively set back from theconfronting edges, one of said stops being spaced from the confrontingedge of the opposite support by a distance slightly in excess of saidlength, and the other of said stops being spaced from theV confront,-Ving edge of the other support by a distanceV slightly less than saidlength, whereby each of said stops is alternatively abuttinglyengageable by opposite ends of .the collar grip to limit movement of thetie in a direction transverse to said edge.

2. In combination with a pair of rigid; supports jointly dening a xedopening for a rigid collar grip of a tie, said supports having spacedconfronting edges for entering the gripping ends of the collar grip of atie disposed on one side thereof, the improvement comprising: a stopdisposed on the other side of one of said supports and set back from theconfronting edge thereof lso that its distance from the center of theopening is substantially one-half the end-to-end length of the collargrip with which it is to be used, wherebywhen said stop is abuttinglyengaged by one end of the collar grip toY limit movement of the tie in adirection transverse to said edge, the tie is centered with respect tothe opening.

3. A method for centering a tie, having a clip-type of collar grip, withrespect to a space dened by a pair of supports having spaced confrontingedges for entering the gripping ends of the collar grip of the tie,comprising the steps of: moving the tie in a first direction so as toengagingly receive one support edge Within one end of the grip by anamount which causes the tie to be moved through and beyond the centeredposition, moving the tie in an opposite direction so as to engaginglyreceive the other support edge within the other end of the grip,

and arresting the movement in said opposite direction at the centeredposition by engaging said other end of the grip with a stop.

4. A holder for a tie having a metal collar grip cornprising: a pair ofsupporting rails of rigid sheet material, said rails lying in a commonplane and each having an inner edge, said edges being` spaced from oneanother so that portions of said rails'adjaent thereto maysimultaneously each be gripped by opposite ends of the ties c ollar gripdisposed generally intermediate said edges from one side of the rails,and a stopr on the other side of one of the rails, Vsaid stop beinggenerally parallel to and disposed intermediately the longitudinal edgesof said one rail andheing abuttingly engageable by one end of the collargrip to limit movement of the tie in a direction transverse to saidedge.

5. A holder for a tie having a rigid collar grip of a certain lengthshorter than the remainder of the tie, comprising: a pair ofgrip-supporting rails of rigid sheet-.like material, said rails lying ina common plane and each having an inner edge parallel to and spaced fromone another by a distance less than the length of the grip for beingsimultaneously engaged on both sides thereof nby the ,grip of a tiedisposed on one side of said rails,

and thereby defining an opening; and a rigid stop integral with each ofsaid rails, and extending from the other side of said rails transverselyto said plane and generally parallel to said inner edges, one of saidstops being spaced from the center of said opening by an amountsubstantially equal to one-half of the grip length, and the other ofsaid stops being spaced from the center of said opening by an amountsubstantially in excess of one-half of the f y grip length; whereby saidone stop will substantially center a transversely-disposedrail-supported tie with respect to said opening by engaging an end ofthe tie-grip.

6. A holder for a tie having a rigid collar grip of a certain lengthshorter than the remainder of the tie, comy prising: a pair ofgrip-supporting rails of rigid sheet-like .by the gu'p of a tie disposedon one side of said rails,

and thereby defining an opening; and a rigid stop integral with each ofsaid rails, and extending from the other side of said rails transverselyto said plane and generally parallel to said inner edges, o ne of saidstops being set back from said inner edge and spaced from the center ofsaid opening by an amount substantially equal to onehalf of the griplength, and the other of said stops having a set-back from the otherinner edge at least twice as great as that of said one stop; wherebysaid other stop Will permit its supporting rail to be embraced by one end of the tie grip for any tie-position, and whereby said one stop willsubstantially center the transversely-disposed rail-supported tie withrespect to said opening by abuttingly engaging the other end of the tiegrip.

